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Thrice
"Betrayal Is a Symptom"
Transcribed by Jim Bodenschatz (enevolaprime@yahoo.com)
*NOTE* For this song's intro, I have borrowed excerpts from transcriptions that
other tabbers have done and added a few things to make it as accurate as
possible. I didn't want to release this tab without giving due credit to those
who deserve it. Also, a certain amount of credit must go to Ed Breckenridge
(Thrice's bass player) for confirming that this song uses only half-step (and
not half-step/dropped C#) tuning. My sincerest thanks goes out to all of you.
1/2 step down (low-to-high: D#-G#-c#-F#-A#-d#)
Intro/First Verse (part 2; 0:13):
guitar 1 (with distortion and phase)
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-------0h3-x-2-x-x-x-x----8p0---------2--x-x-x-x-x-x-------0h3-x-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-
-2-x-x-x-x-x-x----0h1------2-x-x-x-x-------8p0------2--x-x-x-x-x-x----0h1------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-
-0-x-x-x-x-x-x-0h1---------0-x-x-x-x-1/-------6p0-0-0--x-x-x-x-x-x-0h1---------3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-
then (full band in):
guitars 1 & 2 (with distortion only):
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-------0h3-x-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-8p0---------2--x-x-x-x-x-x-------0h3-x-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-
-2-x-x-x-x-x-x----0h1------2-x-x-x-x-x-x----8p0------2--x-x-x-x-x-x----0h1------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-
-0-x-x-x-x-x-x-0h1---------0-x-x-x-x-x-x-------6p0-0-0--x-x-x-x-x-x-0h1---------3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-
then:
guitars 1 & 2:
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5---------
-2-------------------0h3-x-2-------------8p0---------2--------------------0h3-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
-2----------------0h1------2----------------8p0------2-----------------0h1------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
-0-*-*-*-*-*-*-0h1---------0-*-*-*-*-*-*-------6p0-0-0--*-*-*-*-*-*-0h1-----------------3-3-3-3-
*random natural harmonics
First Chorus:
guitar 1 (left channel):
------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------10--10--12-10------------------
-9-9-9-12-9-9-9-9--12--12--11--11----------------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8--
---------------------12--12--12--12--12--12-----------------------
-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
guitar 2 (right channel):
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
----------5-5-5-5--------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--
-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--2--------2--------5--------5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--
-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--2--------2--------5--------5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
-0-0-0-0-----------0--------0--------3--------3-------------------
then:
guitar 1:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------10--10--12-10------------------
-12-12-12-9-11-11-11-11--12--12--11--11----------------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8--
---------------------------12--12--12--12--12--12------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--
-10-10-10-7--9--9--9--9--------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--
-------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
guitar 2:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
----------7-7-7-4--5--------5--------5-------------------------8--
-2-2-2-5--7-7-7-4--5--------5--------5--------7--9-9-9-9----------
-2-2-2-5--5-5-5-2--3--------3--------3--------7--9-9-9-9-------6--
-0-0-0-3--------------------------------------5--7-7-7-7----------
Second Verse:
guitar 1:
----7-----------------------------------------------
---------8----10----7----7h8p7-----7h8p7------------
-9-9-9--9-9--7--7--7-7--7-----0-7p0------0-7p0-7h9-- play 2 times
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
guitar 2:
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
-9-----------------------------------------7--/9--
--------------------------------------------------
-7-----------------------------------------5--/7--
--------------------------------------------------
then:
guitar 1:
----7-----------------------------------------------
---------8----10----7----7h8p7-----7h8p7------------
-9-9-9--9-9--7--7--7-7--7-----0-7p0------0-7p0-7h9-- play 2 times
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
guitar 2:
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----5----5------4-----4------4-4h5-4-0---4-4h5----5----5------4-----4------4-4h5-4-0---4-4h5p4p0
-7-7-7--7-7--5-5--5--5-5--3-3-3-------5-5-5----7-7-7--7-7--5-5--5--5-5--3-3-3-------6-6-6-------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
First Bridge:
both guitars:
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------------------------------
------------------------------
-7/8-7---7---7/8-7---7---5/7-- play 4 times
-7/8-7---7---7/8-7---7---5/7--
-5/6-5-0-5-0-5/6-5-0-5-0-3/5--
Second Chorus:
guitar 1:
------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------10--10--12-10------------------
-------12-9-9-9-9--12--12--11--11----------------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8--
-2-2-2---------------12--12--12--12--12--12------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--
-2-2-2-10-7-7-7-7--------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--
-0-0-0-------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
guitar 2:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
----------5-5-5-5--------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--
-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--2--------2--------5--------5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--
-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--2--------2--------5--------5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
-0-0-0-0-----------0--------0--------3--------3-------------------
then:
guitar 1:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------10--10--12-10------------------
-12-12-12-9-11-11-11-11--12--12--11--11-----------------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8--
----------------------------12--12--12--12--12--12------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--
-10-10-10-7--9--9--9--9---------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--
--------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
guitar 2:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------7--7--7--4--5--------5-------5-------------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8--
-2--2--2--5--7--7--7--4--5--------5-------5--------7---------------------
-2--2--2--5--5--5--5--2--3--------3-------3--------7----7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6--
-0--0--0--3----------------------------------------5---------------------
then:
guitar 1:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------7--7--7--7--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--
-9-9-9-9--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--
-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--
-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--
-7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--
guitar 2:
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------
-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-16-16-16-16-17-17-17-17-19-19-19-19/--
-----------------------------------------------------------
-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17/--
-----------------------------------------------------------
Second Bridge:
both guitars:
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
-2-2-2-2-----------5-5-5-------------- play 4 times
-2-2-2-2-----------5-5-5--------------
-0-0-0-0-0-5p0-3p0-3-3-3p0-3p0-3h5p0--
Outro:
guitar 1:
-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
-----2---5-----------2---5-----------------
-2---2-------3-------2-------3-------------
-2---2---3---2---2---2---3---2---x/-pick---
-0---0---0---1---0---0---0---1---x/scrape--
guitar 2:
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
-----let ring out---------------------
-2----------------with----------------
-2---------------------phase effects--
-0------------------------------------
then:
guitar 1:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------8*----------------------------------- play twice
--7p0-----7p0-----7p0-----7p0--------7p0-----7p0-----7p0-----7p0-------
------7p0-----7p0-----7p0-----7p0--------7p0-----7p0-----7p0-----7-7---
-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5------5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-5--
*pinch harmonic
guitar 2:
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------8---------------------------- play twice
-7-------7-------7-------7----------7-------7-------7-------7--
-7-------7-------7-------7----------7-------7-------7-------7--
-5-------5-------5-------5----------5-------5-------5-------5--
then:
both guitars:
--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------- play 4 times
-7/8-7---7---7/8-7---7---7/8-7---7---7/8-7---7----
-7/8-7---7---7/8-7---7---7/8-7---7---7/8-7---7----
-5/6-5-0-5-0-5/6-5-0-5-0-5/6-5-0-5-0-5/6-5-0-5-0--
then:
both guitars:
----
----
----
-2--
-2--
-0--
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Marks Average |
#1 by Marks at Jul 6, 1979 at 4:39 PM EST |
| OK listen to me i am only gonna say this once...THIRCE ISNT A CHRISTIAN BAND - TRUE...BUT 50 % of the Illusion Of Safety has christian ties. Deadbolt, is all christian...a christian band is a band that sings about the beliefs of the religion of chritianity...ie Creed...now stop argueing about thirce being a christian band...they arent...dustin is a christian ...thats obvious | |
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Maarten Average |
#2 by Maarten Wuyts at Dec 20, 1983 at 10:18 PM EST |
| I find it odd that Dusitn sent a summary of the song meaning as he wrote them. On Thrice's website, there's a thing in the faq about them not posting song lyrics because they want people to figure out the song meanings for themselves. | |
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Dr. Average |
#3 by Dr. Funkinstein at Aug 26, 1984 at 8:36 PM EST |
| Just because its not labeled as a christian band doesn't mean that the band members and the person who writes the song isn't. There are alot of secular bands that have christian band members.....Lifehouse, P.O.D., MxPx, etc. So Mluh....dont judge, you cannot honestly say that you know what the song means. Only the writer can knows that. | |
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James Wanna Be |
#4 by James Pigott at May 18, 1985 at 9:49 AM EST |
| yeah, honestly. if their lyrics have religious undertones, then who the fuck CARES?! you can still find just as much meaning in them by not applying them to religion.. and if thats what you want to do, then DO IT. no one is holding a gun to your head and telling you to accept the fact that there are chrisitian ties. say that there are satanic ties if it makes you all happy, just SHUT UP about it already. we get the point. | |
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*evan* Average |
#5 by *evan* at Apr 15, 1990 at 10:42 PM EST |
| when i first heard these lyrics, i thought it was some sort of hint that dustin was turning from his religion or something. but.. it isn't. oh well. i'll just post what he wrote to me. Actually, the first step in becoming a Christian, is to realize that you are a sinner. Being honest with yourself and your heart is key to having a meaningful relationship with God. In this case, the angels are metaphors for anything good or pure, and the corruption of them is sin. The "isn't it sweet" is meant to be be darkly sarcastic, basically showing disgust for the human propensity to stumble, and to be imperfect. Not really much an uplifting song, but it is more for me a picture of what my sin is, and a reminder that I hate it. Hopefully it will serve as a picture of that to others who believe that wrong and right are not conventions of society. About all the lyrics on the album being darker, i believe this quote from Edgar Allen Poe sums up the reasoning behind it. "There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless, which cannot be touched without emotion." | |
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GRIM Professional |
#6 by GRIM at May 16, 1991 at 4:54 PM EST |
| Thrice isn't a christian band... they are christians in a band.. bleh :-P | |
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Murders in the Average |
#7 by Murders in the Rue Morgue at Aug 13, 1994 at 12:26 PM EST |
| dude, Thrice is a good band and all, but you thrice fans make me ill....who cared if someone thinks the bands lyrics have religious undetones to them. They are entitle to think that. The interpretation of the song is up to the listener to decide, and if they think the song(s) are/or aren't about religion then so-be it. | |
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Toby Musical Thunder |
#8 by Toby at Mar 23, 1997 at 12:34 PM EST |
| I'm atheist and if Thrice was religious (which they're not) they'd still fucking rock | |
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John Rhythm Player |
#9 by John McElyea at Jun 29, 1997 at 11:01 AM EST |
| thrice is just a good band over and out | |
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Alex Lead Player |
#10 by Alex at Jun 16, 1998 at 3:07 PM EST |
| emo all i have to say to you is you have lost permission to post any more messages BAD EMO. Im not opposed to a christian band im just saying that thrice isnt one k? | |
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sebastian Average |
#11 by sebastian daalmeijer at Mar 30, 2003 at 7:34 PM EST |
| I'm sorry but this is not a "christian" lyric go on their site read the faq "Is Thrice a christian band? NO." sorry kids.. This song is about being human not being Christian.. Faith in human kind not god.. And how people make mistakes. | |
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_Heretic_ Wanna Be |
#12 by _Heretic_ at Oct 29, 2006 at 1:43 AM EST |
| sorry i meant thrice song above...hehe | |
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Laurence Average |
#13 by Laurence Alam at Jun 1, 2007 at 9:50 PM EST |
| hey deadbolt...u sound kinda intersting...:) | |
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